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PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS S. HALEY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE WIRE NOVELTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CON NECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

WIRE-WORKING MACHINE.

SPEGIFIGATIONforming part of Letters PatentNo.749,730, dated January 19, 1904.

Application filed May 25, 1901.

To all, whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, THOMAS S. HALEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Haven, countyof New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-VVorking Machinery, of which the following is a description, whereby any one skilled in the art may make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine of the class specified having features of novelty and advantage.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the upper dies on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 shows the buckletooth which is a product of the dies at the lefthand side of the upper part of the machine. Fig. 3" is a buckle-loop the product of the dies on the right-hand side of the upper part of the machine. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the upper part of the machine, sectional, with some parts broken away, on the line no a," of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the upper part of the machine, sectional, on the line of c of Fig.

3 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the upper part of the machine in section, with parts broken, on the line a m of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 7 is a detail of the sliding block or cross-head which carries the formingtool and its connection with the operating arm or lever. Fig. 8 is a detail front elevation of the upper part of the machine on the line .11 a of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 9 is a detail front elevation of the upper part of the machine on the line 41:" m of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the lower part of the machine on the line 12 {19 of Fig. 1 looking in'the direction of the arrow. Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the lower part of the machine on the line a? m of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 12 is a view of the dies and appurtenant parts shown in Fig. 11. Fig. 12 shows the blank to be operated on by the die in Fig. 12. Fig. 13 shows the (lies of Fig. 12 acting upon the blank.

Serial No- 6l,869. (No model.)

Fig. 13 shows the blank after it has been operated upon by the dies of Fig. 12. Fig. 14: is a plan View of the lower part of the machine, taken on the line a) a of Fig. 1. Fig. 15 is a detail of the transfer mechanism shown in the lower part of Fig. 14:. Fig. 16 is a view on the line m m of Fig. 15. Figs. 17 18, and 19 are detail views similar to Fig. 15, showing parts in different positions. Figs. 20, 21, and 22 show the different positions of the flattening and bending tools. Fig. 20 shows the blank as it goes into the dies in Fig. 20. Fig. 21 shows the blank after the dies of Fig. 20 have operated upon it. Fig. 22 shows the blank after the bending operation shown in Fig. 22. Figs. 23, 24, 25, and 26 show the assembling dies and operations. Fig. 23 is a View on the line y' 1/ of Fig. 23, showing the stop against which the buckle-teeth are fed. Fig. 24: shows the relative position of the loop and tooth as they appear in Fig. 2 1. Fig. 25 shows the relative position of the loop and tooth as they appear in Fig. 25, ready to be united. Fig.

chine to form a buckle-tooth such as shown in Fig. 30.

I have illustrated my invention in a machine for making buckles, as this is one of the uses to which it has been successfully applied; The buckle herein shown is made up of two parts-the tooth and the loopthe ends of the loop being bent around the tooth, hinging the parts together. Heretofore in manufacturing buckles of this kind it has been customary to cut and bend the wire forming the loop in one machine, to cut and bend the wire forming the tooth in a second machine, to flatten out the face and ends of the loop in a third machine, and, finally, to place the loop and the tooth together by hand and to insert them into a press which closed the flattened "vices move the blank after the first operation of the loop. The dies A at the left out the wire on an angle to point it and form it into the shape of the tooth. What may be termed strippers push the loop and the tooth off of the forming-dies onto the strings C D, down which the blanks slide to the lower part of the machine. The tooth is now ready to be assembled; but the loop has to undergo further operations, as flattening the face and ends and bending the flattened ends preparatory to their being rolled around the buckletooth in the final operation. In the machine illustrated in the drawings these operations on the loop take place in the following order: First, the ends are upset and flattened; second, the face of the loop is flattened in dies remaining closed while the flattened ends are being bent. The loop is then moved over in line with the feeding-slide for the tooth. Its bent ends are rocked up, while the tooth is moved to 'its proper position with respect to the loop. The loop is then rocked back, and finishing-dies roll the flattened end of the loop around the tooth, hinging them together, the completed buckle being then dropped through a spout into any suitable receptacle. An automatically-operated plunger feeds the loopblank to the first set of dies. Transfer dctothe second set of dies and from there to the third or assembling dies, where an automatically-operated plunger feeds the tooth to the loop, and a transfer device takes the finished buckle and drops it out of the machine. This is a general outline of the working of the machine illustrated.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the machine, showing the wires 1 2 fed through straightening-rolls to the dies A B. The feeding device may be of any desired construction, the one shown in the drawings consisting of the pivoted clutch-plates 3, carried by reciprocating heads 4, operated from the shaft F through the cranks 5 6 and the bevel-gears 7, all clearly shown in Fig. 2. Vhena proper length of wire necessary to form the loop or tooth is fed to'the dies, a pin 8, operated by a cam 8 on the shaft F, grips the wire and holds it while the feeding-dies retreat. This is shown clearly suitable guide.

in Fig. 8. Just after the pin 8 grips the wire 1 an angular cutter 9 moves across the cuttingblock 10, shearing the wire on an angle and pointing it. The cutter is carried by and set slightly in advance of the die 10, Fig. 3, which performs the first operation of forming the buckle-tooth, the cutter traveling on an inclined block and being held in position by a As shown in the drawings, this guide is in'the nature of a block 9, held in place in the frame of the machine by a bolt 9". This die 10 is moved by the link 11, Fig. 1, carrying at its enda roller 11, working in a slot in the cam 11*, secured to the shaft F, and bends the wire into the shape shown 'in Fig. 3. Dies 12 13, carried by the reciprocating cross-heads 14 15, are now moved up by the pivoted levers 16 17, which are moved by the cams 18 19, and crimp the wire around theforming-die 20, bending it into the shape shown in Fig. 3, producing the finished buckle-tooth ready to be assembled with the loop. A stripper 21 (shown in Fig. 4:) is actuated by the lever 22, carrying at its end a roller moving-in a slot in the cam 23. As soon as the dies 12 13 have operated on the wire and started to recede the stripper moves downward, pushing the tooth off from the forming-block onto the flat rod C, and the tooth slides down this rod into the position to be fed into the lower part of the machine for assembling with the loop. These flat rods C and D (shown clearly in Figs. 10 and 11) are called strings and will be so referred to hereinafter. At the right-hand side of the machine the wire is held after it is fed into the die by the pin 8. The wire is cut off square, and the die 2 1 moves up and bends it, as shown in dotted lines at 25, Fig. 3. The dies 26 27, mounted in reciprocating cross-heads 15 28 and moved by the pivoted arms 17 29, each above with reference to the dies A, a similarly-acting stripper pushing the loop from the forming-die onto the string D, down which it slides into position to be fed into the dies for further manipulation. It will be noticed with reference to Fig. 3 that the forming-block 20 at B is set in a position the reverse of the forming-block 20 at A and that the dies 10 2A move in opposite directions. By arranging the dies with this relation to each other the loop and the-tooth as they drop down the strings to the lower part of the machine occupy the proper positions for assembling and the expense of construction is greatly reduced, as by this arrangementI am enabled to use the crosshead 15 for carrying two dies 13 26, one of which operates on one side of the tooth as the cross-head moves in one direction and the otheroperates on the side of the loop as the crosshead moves in the opposite direction. It will be noticed that the direction of movement of the dies 12 13 26 27 is alongaline at an angle to the head of the forming-die. This permits me to getaclean sharp bend at the points a bof the tooth and loop. 1n buckle-machines which have been used heretofore the line of movement of the dies which perform this operation on the buckle has been parallel to the head of the forming-die, and it has been found in practice that in order to get a clean sharp bend at the points a b it was necessary to setthe dies so closely together that they would cut away and thin down the metal at the points a and (I. My arrangement of these dies with relation to each other entirely obviates this difiiculty and. produces a tooth or a loop which is of uniform size throughout and clearly and sharply outlined. The method of connecting the reciprocating cross-heads with the levers 16, 17, and 29 is shown clearly in Fig. 7. The block 31 is mounted in the cross-head and has a movement crosswise thereof and is recessed, as at 32, to receive the enlarged head 33 of the lever, forming what is substantially a swivel connection therewith. The movement of the block crosswise of the cross head and this swivel connection of the lever with the block provides for any angularmovement of the parts with relation to each other. The buckleteeth as they are formed drop down the string G into position ready to be assembled with the loops. The loops drop down the string D into positions shown in Figs. 11 and 12. A plun ger 34, operated by the arm 35, which is" moved by the cam 36 through the lever 37, feeds the loop to the dies 38 39. The position of the loop with relation to the dies is determined by the notched plate'41, and it is held in place by the spring 40. Fig. 12 shows the blank which is fed to the dies 38 39. These dies now close, as shown in Fig. 13, to flatten the ends of the loop and upset them slightly, as shown in Fig. 13. This blank is now transferred to the next set of dies by the plate 41,

which is operated by the pivoted lever 7 0' and The plate 42, moving with the,

the cam 71. plunger 41, has a cam-slot 43, in which works a pin 44, secured to the stop 45, and as the plate 41, with the loop, moves to the left this stop 45 is moved into the position shown in Figx17 just in time to limit the movement of theloop to the left, and the loop now occupies the posi: tion shown at 46 in Fig. 17 and in side view in Fig. 20 and is held in position by the spring 47. The plunger 41 and the stop 45 now recedeto their original positions and the die 48 drops, flattening out the face of the loop, as shown in Figs. 21 and 21. The operating mechanism of the die 48 is arranged so that the dies remain closed and hold the loop in position while the bending-die 49 bends down the flattened ends of the loop, as shown in Fig. -22, producing the loop in the form shown in Fig. 22?. he die 48 is now raised and a transfer-finger 50, operated by the lever 72 and the cam 73, moves up to the position shown in Fig. 15, catches the loop and retreats, carrying with it the loop to the position shown at 51 Figs. 16, 17, and 18, and in cross-section in Fig. 23. In the forward movement of the transfer-finger it is raised slightly as it passes from one side of the loop by the lug 53, riding up on top of the bridge 52. As the finger reaches the forward limit of its movement the lug 53 drops off of the bridge 52 and the finger drops into the loop and then retreats, the lug 53 passing under and raising the bridge 52. 'As shown in Fig. 23, the loop now rests on the plate 55, which is connected by the crank 56 and the link 57 with the cam 58,1nounted on the shaft F, and through these machine. course continuous, and at all times there IS a 1 a roller 77, riding on the cam 7 4.

agencies receives a rocking motion, which raises the bent end of the loop upward slightly. At this time a plunger 59, operated by the link 60, which is connected with the shaft F, moves a tooth up into the position shown at 61, Fig. 24, the relative positions of the tooth and the loop-beingl'as shown in Fig. 24. The plate 55 is now rocked back into its normal position, as shown in Fig. 25, the two parts of the buckle now occupying the positionshown in Fig. 25. The dies 62 63 now close, as shown in Fig. 26, rolling the bent end of the loop about the tooth, completing the buckle, as shown in Fig. 26. As the dies 62 63 recede a finger 64, carried by the transferfinger 50, moves over and drops into the finished buckle and retreats, carrying the buckle with it to the spout 65, into which the buckle drops.

In the above description I have followed a single loop and a single tooth through the various operations to which they are subjected until they are secured together in the form of a finished buckle and dropped from the The operation of the machine is of tooth and loop being formed to shape in the upper part of the machine, a loop being operated on bythe first and second set of dies and a loop and tooth being assembled into a finlished buckle by the third set of dies in the j lower part of the machine. The movements of ithe diesiboth in the upper and lower parts of lthe machine arecontrolled positively in both fdirections and are set to perform their operations in regular order. The movements of the feeding and transfer devices, which keep each 1 set of dies full, are controlled by cams mounted f on the shafts F F.

the feeding andtransfer devices are negative? lthat is to say, they are controlled by springs which cause the rollers at the ends of the levers to follow the contour of the cams. ward or retreating movements of the feeding jand transfer devices are positive that is to }say, the cams-positively move the levers to cause abackward movement of the parts. 1 Ref- 1 erence to Figs. 10 and 11 will clearly illus- 1 trate what I mean by the positive and negafti-ve movements of the feeding and transfer devices. "Take, for instance, the feed for the buckle-tooth shown at 59, Figs. 10 and 14. i his is connected through the link with the The forward movements of The backlever 75, pivoted at 76 and having at its end The spring 7 Sis connected with the link 60 and with a stationary part of the machine. parts occupy the positions shown in Fig. 10 the roller under the influence of the spring7 8 is following the low .part of the cam and the plunger 59- is feeding a tooth: into its proper position for assembling with the loop. As the high part of the cam comes around it drives the upper part of the lever to the left andthe lower part to the right, which moves the plun- VVhen these IIO ger 59 positively away from the dies. The same is true of the plunger 34, connected by the link 35 with the lever 37, carrying at its end a roller riding on the cam 36, the spring 35 causing the roller to follow the low part of the cam and moves the plunger 3 1 forward to feed a loop to the dies. As the roller, rides up on the high part of the cam the plunger is positively moved outward away from the dies. The same thing is true of the transfer-fingers 50 and 64 and the transfer-plate 41, which are moved positively outward by the cams 73 and 71 and moved forward under the influence of the springs 81. It is clear that if the dies become clogged and these parts move forward to feed or transfer as they strike the obstruction their forward movement will stop and the spring will yield. If the parts were positively driven forward as they struck the obstruction something would have to give, and the parts thus would be bent or broken before the machine could be stopped. Ihave found in practice that in order to get the parts in their proper positions, especially the tooth to be assembled with the loop as it is moved into position, it is advisable to feed the blanks against a stop 90, Fig. 23, which determines their position, and this would not be possible unless the forward movement of the feeding device were negative or yielding.

'Figs. 27, 28, and 29 illustrate the operation of the dies which may be inserted in the upper part of the machine in place of the dies shown at A to form a buckle-tooth of the shape shown in Fig. 30. The wire may be fed from the reel into the die 100, or it may be previously cut to the proper lengths and supplied to the die. This die then moves up onto the forming-block 101 into the position shown in Fig. 27. The die-holders 104: then move up toward the forming-block 101, and the dies 103 and 105 bend the wire into the shape shown in Fig. 28. The wings 102 are moved back against the spring 109 by the dies 103 as they move forward. The plunger 110 next moves up, and the fingers 111 engage the dies 105 and throw them into the position shown in Fig. 29, completing the tooth. These dies then recede and a stripper pushes the finished tooth from the forming-block onto a string, such as C in Fig. 1.

It is clear that any kind of dies for manipulating wire stock may be substituted in this specified, a group of cutting and forming dies, a group of finishing-dies and assembling mechanism, feeding devices fromthe first to the second group of dies, and transfer devices from one to the other of the finishing-dies and to the assembling mechanism, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination in wire working machines, a pair of shaping or forming dies, a lower set of finishing-dies, and assembling mechanism, feeding devices from the first set of dies to the second set, and transfer devices from one to the other of the second set of dies, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination in wireworking machinery, groups of dies arranged to cut wire from the reel and form it in one part of the machine, and feeding devices from the abovenamed dies, a group of finishingdies, and assembling mechanism located in another part of the machine, and transfer devices for moving the blank from one to the other of this second set of dies and to and from the assembling mechanism.

4. In combination in a machine of the class specified, a group of cutting, pointing andshaping dies, a group of finishing-dies, and assembling mechanism, feeding devices from the first set of dies to the second set, and means for automatically transferring the blank from one to the other of the finishing-dies and to and from the assembling mechanism, substantially as described.

5. In a buckle-making machine, a set of dies for formingthe loop, and a second set of dies for pointing and forming the tooth, dies for flattening the face of the loop and for fiattening and bending the ends thereof, transfer devices from one set of diesto the other and from there to the assembling mechanism, means for feeding the tooth to its proper position with relation to the loop, means for raising the ends of the loop while the tooth is being fed to place,and means for closing the ends of the loop about the tooth.

6. In a machine of the class specified, means for automatically transferring blanks from one set of operating-dies to another, and means for automatically assembling the parts of the article.

7. In a machine of the class described, the automatically-operating assembling mechanism comprising a rocking plate and closing dies. 7

8. In amachine of the class specified, means for assembling the parts of an article comprising a rockingplate carrying one of the parts,

a feed and stop device for the other part, and

closing dies for forming the hinge-connecting joint, substantially as described.

9. In a machine of the class specified, means I for assembling the parts of an article comprising devices for transferring one of the parts to a rocking plate, .means for rocking the plate, means for feeding in the other part to its proper position, and means for securing the parts together.

10. The herein-described assembling mechanism comprising a rocking plate supporting one of the parts to be assembled, and a feeding device for the other part.

11. The combination in a buckle-making machine, with the assembling mechanism comprising a plate supporting one of the members, a feeding device for the other member, and means for rocking the plate when the second member is fed into position.

12. Means for automatically uniting the parts of a buckle, comprising a rocking plate on which one of the members is located, means for rocking the plate, a feeding and stop device for the other member arranged to feed it toward the first member while the rocking plate is up, and closing dies for uniting the two members, substantially as described.

13. In a machine of the class specified, means for feeding the blanks to the dies and stops arranged to determine the position of the blanks, substantially as described.

14. In a wire-working machine, the combination with the sets of diesarranged adjacent to one another and adapted to act successively upon a blank, and means for moving a blank from one set of dies to another, of stops adapted to properly position the blank at the dies.

.15. In a wire-working machine, the combination with the sets of dies arranged adjacent to one another and adapted to act successively upon a blank, and means for moving a blank from one set of dies to another, of stops adapted to properly position the blank at the dies, and means for holding the blank in position.

16. In a wire-working machine, the combimine the position of a blank at the first set of dies and to move said blank to a second set of dies after the operation of the first-mentioned set, of a second stop actuated by the movement of the first-mentioned stop and adapted to position the blank at the second set of dies.

18. In a buckle-making machine, the combination with the dies for flattening the face and turning the ends of the buckle-loop blank, and means for moving the blank to said dies, of a stop adapted to be brought into the line of movement of the blank to position it at the second set of dies, substantially as described.

19. In a machine of the class specified, the

dies for flattening the ends of the loop, automatically-operated devices for feeding blanks to said dies, a stop, and means for holding the blank in position between the dies.

20. In a buckle-making machine, the combination with the dies for flattening the face of the buckle-loop blank, of a stop to properly position the blank between the dies.

21. In a buckle-machine, dies for flattening the ends of the buckle-loo p blank, dies for flat-' of a buckle-loop blank, and devices for feed- 7 ing blanks to said dies, of a stop to properly position the blank at the dies, and means for maintaining the blank in position. i

23. In a buckle-making machine, the combination with the dies for flattening the ends of the buckle-loop, and devices for feeding blanks to said dies, of a stop adapted to hold the blank in position while said dies are operating, and means for moving said stop in such manner that it transfers the blank to an adjacent set of dies.

24:. In an automatically-operating bucklemachine, the combination with the dies for flattening the face of a buckle-loop, of a bending-die independent of the flattening-die and 27. In a machine of the class specified,

automatically-operated transfer devices comprising the fingers, a lug thereon, and a movable bridge, said lug being adapted to override said bridge to disengage the transfer devices at the beginning of their return movement, substantially as described.

28. In a machine of the class specified, the forming-blocks, guides arranged at an acute angle thereto, and reciprocating forming-dies fitting in and moving along said guides in a direction at an acute angle to theformingblocks, substantially as described. a

29. In a machine of the class specified, two forming-blocks arranged side by side and in reversed positions, and a reciprocating cross- ;blocks. substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

30. In a machine of the class specified, a plurality of forming-blocks arranged side by side and in reversed positions, a reciprocating cross-head arranged between said formingblocks with angular relation thereto and carrying at each end a die adapted to cooperate with one or the other of said forming-blocks at each end of its movement.

31. In amachine of the class specified,reciprocating forming-dies arranged in angular relation to the forming-block, and a compensating connection between said reciprocating dies and their operating-levers, substantially as described.

32. The formingblocks, the cross-heads movable at acute angles to the forming-blocks and carryingforming dies, levers pivoted at points between their ends, and a compensating connection between the levers and the cross-heads, substantially as described.

33. The combination of the forming-blocks, 20, 20, the end forming-dies, 10, 24, and the side forming-dies 12, 13 and 26, 27 moving in a line at an acute angle to the forming-blocks, all operating as and for the purposes specified.

34. The combination with the formingblock and the forming-dies carried by reciprocating cross-heads, of a block carried by and movable crosswise of said cross-heads, and a lever having one end pivotally secured to said block, substantially as described.

35. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with the formingdies, of the strings and a positively-actuated stripper adapted to move the blank from the formingblock to the strings, substantially as described. n a

36. Means for simultaneously cutting and pointing wire comprising a beveled cuttingblock and a cooperating beveled cutter, and a guide for said cutter, substantially as described.

37. In a wire-working machine, the combination with the feeding devices for the wire, of a pin adapted to engage the wire when a suflicient length has been fed forward and hold it against displacement during the retreat of the feeding devices.

38. In a wire-working machine, the combination with devices for feeding wire to the cutting-dies, of a pin mounted in a post through which said wire passes, said pin being adapted for movement to engage said wire.

39. In a machine of the class specified, devices for feeding the blanks to the dies and for transferring them from one die to another, the forward and inward movement of said devices being negative and their outward movement being positive, substantially as described.

40. The combination in a machine of the class described, of a cutting and gripping mechanism; blank-forming dies which move to form the blank while the material is held by said mechanism; "transfer devices for shifting the blanks; finishing means; and mechanism for assembling the parts.

41. The combination of a cutting, gripping,

and bendingmechanism by which the material is cut, gripped and initially bent; blank-forming dies which complete the formation of the blank; transfer devices for shifting the blanks; finishing means; and mechanism for assembling the parts.

42. The combination of devices which initially bend the material and then dwell; mechanism which moves to complete the formation of the blank during said dwell; transfer devices for shifting the blanks; finishing means; and mechanism for assembling the parts.

43. The combination of cooperating dies by which the material is initially bent to form a blank; a cutter carried by one of said dies; and blank-forming dies by which the blank is completed while upon the other of said dies.

44. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a cutter-carrying die by which the material is cut and given an initial bend about a forming-block; said forming-block; and blank-forming dies by which the formation of the blank upon said block is completed.

45. The combination in a machine of the class described of forming-dies; assembling mechanism; and gravity transfer devices interposed therebetween. I

46. The combination in a machine of the class described of forming-dies; stripping devices; gravity transfer devices; and assembling mechanism.

47. In a machine of the class described, cutting devices by which the stock is cut into the desired lengths; blank-forming devices by which the stock is bent into the desired shapes in situ where it is cut; transfer devices for shifting the blanks; and means for finishing and assembling the parts.

48. The combination of forming-dies; transfer devices for shifting the blanks; finishing mechanism for preparing the blanks for assemblage; devices by which the parts are positively positioned for assemblage; and assembling mechanism.

49. In a machine of the class described, the combination of flattening-dies by which the loop-blank is flattened, said dies dwelling after closing to flatten said blank; bending-dies by which the pointsof the said blank are shaped while said flattening-dies dwell; transfer devices by which the parts are positively positioned for assemblage; and assembling mech- -anism.

50. In a machine of the class described, the combination of flattening-dies by which the blank is flattened, said dies dwelling after closing to flatten said blank; and bending-dies by 

